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☆ Senate advances long-awaited aid for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and TikTok bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Senators passed a crucial procedural vote with wide bipartisan support, signaling that the foreign aid package has the strength to pass a final vote. The funding includes roughly $60 billion for Ukraine aid, $26 billion for Israel and $8 billion for Taiwan and Indo-Pacific security. Spending-wise, the legislation is similar to the $95 billion foreign aid bill passed by the Senate in February, which has been effectively shelved in the House in the weeks since. TikTok has pushed back on this proposal since the House passed it over the weekend. Those political threats, along with an increasingly razor-thin House Republican majority led Johnson to effectively table the Senate's $95 billion foreign aid bill for weeks.

Persons: Charles Schumer, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, TikTok, Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Johnson, Johnson, Iran's, Donald Trump's, Trump, John Fredericks Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Senate, NBC News, House Republicans, Rep, Republican Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan

☆ Trump says it's really 'unpleasant' that he has to keep telling Melania he's been indicted again
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump says it's "always unpleasant" when he has to tell Melania about getting indicted again. I have absolutely no idea,'" Trump added. I have absolutely no idea,'" Trump continued. For one, Trump took two hours before finally going to face Melania after the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape was released back in 2016, per an excerpt from The Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan's book on Melania, "The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump." "He reserves — he listens to many of us, but he reserves fear for one person, Melania Trump," Conway told the committee's investigators.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, John Fredericks, Stormy Daniels, Mary Jordan's, Melania Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Melania, Conway Organizations: Service, Prosecutors, FBI, Washington Post, White, Capitol, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, Florida, Lago

☆ Trump says he handed over security tapes, denies wrongdoing after latest charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Friday denied wrongdoing in his handling of security tapes sought by federal investigators, a day after prosecutors added new charges alleging the former president ordered employees at his Florida resort to delete the videos. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in an interview with conservative radio host John Fredericks that he believed he wasn't required to hand over security tapes from his Mar-a-Lago resort but did so anyway. "These were security tapes. De Oliveira, 56, told another worker at the resort where Trump lives that "the boss" wanted security videos of the property in Florida deleted after the Justice Department subpoenaed them. Trump also said he would not end his 2024 presidential campaign if he is convicted and sentenced on the various charges against him.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, John Fredericks, I'm, Jack Smith, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Prosecutors, De Oliveira's, Kat Jackson, Doina, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Trump, Trump's, Justice Department, FBI, Mar, Thomson Locations: Florida, Lago

☆ 'These are my tapes': Trump rips new charges in classified docs case
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump on Friday defended the handling of surveillance footage at his Florida home that is at the center of major new criminal charges in the federal case over the former president's retention of classified documents. A superseding indictment, filed Thursday evening in federal court in southern Florida, added three criminal counts against Trump on top of the 37 he already faced in the classified documents case. That other employee, who is unnamed in the superseding indictment, has been identified by NBC News as Yuscil Taveras. Trump, Nauta and de Oliveira all face the two new obstruction counts related to that alleged scheme to delete the footage. Those charges carry a 20-year maximum prison term, according to the superseding indictment.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, John Fredericks, Walt Nauta, Carlos de Oliveira, Jack Smith's, De Oliveira, Taveras, Nauta, de Oliveira Organizations: Trump, NBC News, New York Times, Nauta, Mar Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, Florida, Palm, U.S, Miami, Iran, Bedminster , New Jersey

☆ Trump says he'll stay in the presidential race even if he's awaiting prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump repeated his vow that even a conviction would not stop his presidential campaign. "Not at all," Trump told conservative radio host John Fredericks when asked if a conviction and sentence would end his campaign. The former president is correct there is nothing that would stop a presidential candidate from campaigning if one were to be convicted. Trump faces a growing array of legal issues, underlining how his presidential campaign has increasingly become a fight for his own survival. "It's always unpleasant when you have to go and tell your wife, tomorrow sometime I'm going to be indicted," Trump said.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, John Fredericks, Eugene V . Debs, Lyndon LaRouche, Jack Smith, pardoning, Ron DeSantis, Melania Trump, Barron Organizations: Service, Capitol, Trump, GOP, Florida Gov, Republican, New York Times Locations: Wall, Silicon

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